Archived Alumni Notes (April 2001-May 2003)

June 30, 2003

Tom Rashid ‘77 is the Catholic High School league athletic director
and was named ‘Athletic Director of the Year’ by the Michigan
Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.

Brian Schad ‘78, ‘87 is a third-grade teacher at Lawton Elementary in
Ann Arbor. He and his students won third place in a NASA-sponsored
national contest.

Leanna Soltis ‘78, ‘89 is assistant principal at Milan High School.

Steven Gilzow ‘79 is a fourth-grade teacher at Paddock Elementary in
Milan. He has worked in the district for more than 25 years.

Jean Britton ‘80 is the director of the South and West Washtenaw
Consortium. She was formerly an assistant principal at Saline High
School.

Nancy Walz ‘80 is a second-grade teacher at Turrill Elementary in
Lapeer. She has been teaching for more than 30 years.

Daniel Wayne Adams ‘86, ‘91 is a fourth-grade teacher at Paddock
Elementary in Milan. He started his career in Milan as a student
teacher.

Scott Buchler ‘95 is assistant principal at Northwest High School. He
formerly taught special education at Jackson High School.

Julie Everly ‘95, ‘00 has been promoted to principal of Rainsville
Elementary School in Monroe.

Vicki Juback ‘98 and Amy Grant ‘99 shared the ‘team teaching’ award of
the Michigan Association of Middle Schools. They teach at Mill Creek
Middle School in Dexter.

Jason Camis ‘00 is president of the Southwest Metropolitan Recreation
Executive Group, a regional group of the Michigan Recreation and Park
Association that serves about 35 communities in/near Wayne County.

Kristine Henry ‘00 is a seventh-grade teacher of English and social
studies at Beach Middle School in Chelsea.

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Patricia May Grambeau ‘42 recently died suddenly. She attended
Roosevelt High School and was a former teacher of mathematics and
English at Mt. Clemens High School.

June 23, 2003

Frances Berger ‘66, ‘73 teaches in the Detroit schools.

Larry Tabor ‘67, ‘71, ‘76, is retiring from his position as
superintendent of the Van Buren public schools.

Jack Crabtree ‘67 has retired from coaching football at Saline High
School.

Jim Feldkamp ‘70, ‘73 was named the 2002 Athletic Director of the Year
by the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association.
He was also honored as the 2002 Oakland County Athletic Director of the
Year.

Gary Matsche ‘70, ‘74 has retired from his position as superintendent
of the Fraser Public Schools. He previously served that district as a
coach, teacher, and principal. He is currently teaching at Oakland
University.

Janette Jackson ‘72, ‘77 is retiring from her position as principal of
Ann Arbor’s Allen Elementary School.

Linda Stock ‘72, ‘75 has retired from Bedford High School after 30
years of teaching. She resides in Temperance where she and her husband
operate a small business.

Terry Walters ‘73 is the associate superintendent for curriculum for
the Saline Area schools. He began his career as a mathematics and
science teacher at Wylie Middle School in Dexter and later served as
the school’s assistant principal. He has served on the Village of
Dexter council and planning commission.

Timothy Lentz ‘74, ‘78 has been named the superintendent of the
Sandusky Community Schools. He was formerly the principal of Maple
Valley Elementary School. He is an EMT specialist and instructor as
well.

Norma LaVoy ‘74 has retired from her position as a fifth-grade teacher
at Ida Middle School after 28 years of teaching. She lives in Erie
Township.

Helen Oliver ‘76, a teacher at Clague Middle School in Ann Arbor,
received that district’s ‘Celebrating the Excellence’ award.

John Rose ‘76, ‘83, ‘93 is the principal of Ojibwa Elementary School
in Macomb Township. He was previously the assistant principal at
Seneca Middle School. He has been with the Chippewa Valley School
District for more than 20 years.

Diane Skinner ‘76 has retired from her position as principal/director
of Career and Technical Education at South and West Washtenaw
Consortium.

Stan Olson ‘77, ‘80 is the superintendent of schools for the
Independent School District of Boise, Idaho.

Leit S. Jones ‘77 is assistant principal of Walled Lake Western High
School. He has almost 20 years of administrative experience in the
Westwood district.

Hurley Coleman, Jr. ‘77 is director of the Department of Parks and
Recreation for the City of Detroit.

Mary Ann Jaeger ‘84 has been named as principal of Ann Arbor’s Dicken
Elementary School. Jaeger has been serving as principal of the
Pittsfield Elementary School.

Susan Lewis ‘88 has been named principal of Ann Arbor’s Pittsfield
Elementary School. She was former at Mitchell Elementary.

Geoff Adams ‘02, a secondary science teacher
in Scottsdale, AZ, was named ‘teacher of the year’ for his building.
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Wilma Gummerus, age 78, died recently in Ann Arbor. She began her
career as one of the first five women police officers in Detroit, then
taught business courses at Farmington Hills High School for 32 years,
retiring in 1990.

June 9, 2003

Ann Juanita Covington ‘52 retired from the University of the District
of Columbia in 1987. Since then, she has worked part time as the state
aid coordinator for adult education in the Detroit schools.

Bill Pierce ‘57 retired from his administrative position with the Port
Huron schools in 1985. Since then he has researched and written more
than 30 studies of the historical buildings in Port Huron.

Gen. John G. Coburn ‘62 retired in 2001 after 40 years of service to
the Ordinance Corps. He was inducted into the 2002 Contemporary Hall
of Fame.

Delores Gwaltney ‘67 will become regional director (eight states) and
a member of the board of directors of the American Association of
School Libraries at the annual meeting of the American Library
Association this month.

James Zoltowski ‘68, ‘73, ‘92 is a physical education teacher at Adams
Middle School in Wayne-Westland. He is a candidate for the school
board in Milan.

Ron Tarrant ‘79 is the assistant superintendent for the Westwood
Public Schools in Dearborn Heights. He is a member of the school board
in Milan and is running for reelection.

Sue Carnell ‘84 will become Gov. Granholm’s top education adviser
later this month. She replaces interim education adviser Mike Flanagan
‘ 74.

Alison Billings ‘03 has accepted a position as chapter resource
consultant, in charge of 160 chapters in 11 states, with Kappa Delta
Pi, An International Honor Society in Education. She will operate out
of the Indianapolis headquarters of KDP.

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Beryl VandenBelt ‘55, age 94, died recently in Fenton. She taught for
more than 30 years in the Flint schools, primarily as a kindergarten
teacher at Merrill School.

June 2, 2003

Betty Langford Shaw ‘53 taught for 26 years in the Norman OK public
schools. She is now an adjunct professor at Rose State College, where
she received the 2003 ‘Excellence in Teaching’ award during that
institution’s commencement ceremonies. Shaw teaches watercolor classes
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William E. Van Fleet ‘65 is a businessman in the Cincinnati area. He
is the owner of Boot Country, with four stores in the greater
Cincinnati area.

Leonard P. Piazzon ‘65 is vice president of Brinks, Inc. serving the
San Jose, CA area.

Newsweek magazine recently identified the ‘most challenging high
schools’ in the country. One of those is Grosse Pointe South High
School, whose principal is D. Allan Diver ‘72, ‘77, ‘93.

Nancy Brenton ‘74, ‘81 has been named assistant superintendent for
human resources for the Saline Area schools.

Jesse Stevenson ‘83 has been named principal of the Houghton school in
Saline.

Last Modified on July 7, 2003